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HARTFORD – State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor today released his report on the March 9 use of deadly force by Waterbury police officer James McMahon against Ra’Shamel Rogers. While Rogers survived, Lawlor retained jurisdiction over the investigation into the incident.
HARTFORD — President Trump today addressed a group of law enforcement officers in Brentwood, New York, and endorsed the use of force against people police suspect of criminal activity.
HARTFORD — Today, researchers from Central Connecticut State University released the results of a supplemental study of ten Connecticut police departments that a previous statewide report identified as disproportionately stopping minority drivers.
The ACLU of Connecticut reached a settlement in its case against two Bridgeport police officers on behalf of Woodrow Vereen, a music minister and father who was unjustly stopped, frisked, and detained by police on his way to get ice cream with his sons after a Little League game.
"While there may be better ways to draw attention to the very real problem of white supremacy, Professor Williams’s choices to use an offensive hashtag, link to a controversial article, and express his political views on his personal Facebook page were protected free speech."
"This decision is a miscarriage of justice. It is a travesty that Jose Maldonado’s family had to wait three years for a perfunctory investigation to produce this inadequate response to their loved one’s death at the hands of police."